Week of April 21st

This was another laid back week. Most days we didn't have anywhere to go. 

We read D'Aulaire's biographies of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and started on Benjamin Franklin. After reading about the founding of our country and a bit about the colonies from the Washington biography, Tommy decided he wanted to know more about United States geography. I got a few books from the library on US geography and we'll read those next week. 

We went to Costco on Monday. The boys are watching as a kitchen worker at Costco makes dozens of pizzas.

The boys putting finishing touches on a rally car race course made by Tommy during quiet time.

Doing a bit of handwriting work. 

We made meringue cookies 

Yay, Ben finished his math book! 

On Wednesday we watched some friends' children for the day. They all played outside most of the day. In the evening we went out for pizza to celebrate Ben finishing his math book. 

Tommy made this during quiet time. He said it's a stereo speaker. He was bummed that it didn't work the way he thought it would, but was very happy that it turned out looking like it did when he imagined it in his mind.

In the wee hours of Friday morning, Tommy and Lucy got hit with stomach flu. Tommy spent most of the day watching Mythbusters and napping. Poor guy!

Tommy asks lots of questions throughout the day. We are already far beyond the point of me being able to answer them off the top of my head. Something I've been doing for a while is keeping a running list of his questions. When I have time I find the answers and then we sit down together with the laptop and either read the answers or watch YouTube videos that answer the questions. Here are some of this week's questions, which thankfully each had a corresponding YouTube video:

How do you make a wine glass? (asked while emptying the dishwasher)

What is the most aerodynamic car? (asked while watching Mythbusters)

Why don't race motorcycles fall over? (asked during his read-aloud time, from a book about race cars)

How are chocolate bunnies made? (asked on Easter morning)

One mistake I made was queuing up the videos and having the boys watch them while I did housework. I wish I would have sat down with them. Next time I will!